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   brake horsepower

   noun

   • 1. an imperial unit of power, equal to one horsepower but used only as a measure of the power available at the shaft of an engine: "the engine develops 98 brake horsepower"
   • ▪ the available power of an engine, assessed by measuring the force needed to brake it: "the net brake horsepower is only up by six"

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